Meet Me On Monday~theme party #4~PAINTED FURNITURE

The polka dot party last week was a bit slow, but the few that did show up had amazing proects.

A Day in the Life of Trees

My Third True Love

Jessa Jill

Salvage Savy

Georgia Bee the Crafty Side

The Crunchy Mamacita

Now onto the party! I am sharing a few of the painted furniture pieces I have done in the past. Can't wait to see yours!

Now for the rules.....

1.Please link your specific post, not your blog
2.No giveaway or Etsy shop links
3.Grab my button or link my party somewhere on your blog

Hint, hint.....next weeks party will be ANYTHING with fabric.

French country desk/vanity

Sorry I have missed posting for a day or so and even commenting on other blogs. Anyway, I am back today with a new project. I found a desk at Goodwill and obviously decided a makeover was necessary.

Of course I started to prime before taking the before photo, but at least you can get the idea.

To maintain the french country appeal this piece already had going on, I chose to use white and buttercream paint. In addition, I painted the knobs and pulls white and distressed them.

Have a great weekend....

A teen boys gallery wall

Right before Christmas we completed the renovation of our 15 year old son RJ's room.

You can see the renovation from beginning to end HERE.

He totally loves it and being a teen, definitely spends time in there. The one and only problem is all of the wall space. The ceilings are 11 ft high, so there is plenty of empty space. It could cost a small fortune to decorate in here. Recently we thought of a solution though....A few years back RJ started drawing on his own. He inherited my aunt and uncles talent of becoming a natural born artist. Trust me, he did not get this from Randy or myself. Anyway, he has been saving his drawings and I came across a few free frames the other day. I decided we could start a gallery wall to fill the space. We only have a small section done, but I will continue to look for thrift store or tag sale frames, and shortly, RJ will have an awesome gallery wall.

Can you tell who all of the drawings are of?

On another note, have you linked your POLKA DOT projects up yet?

20th Etsy seller giveaway~A Marigold Life

Welcome to Serendipity Chic Design's 20th weekly Etsy seller giveaway. Today I will be introducing you to A Marigold Life

Being an Etsy seller myself, I know the hard work, dedication, and love that goes into handmade items. Therefore I would like to promote my fellow Etsy sellers through weekly giveaways. It will give them the opportunity to show off their hard work, and you the opportunity to win or purchase a unique one of a kind item for your home, garden,or personally for yourself to wear.

I am so excited to have Lynn from A Marigold Life here today. I was totally drawn into her shop when I spotted her eclectic and unique bird's nests. For the giveaway today she if giving these two fabuolus pieces away. One is in a sunset melmac cup with decoupage summer floral eggs and the other is with red patriotic glitter eggs nested in a vintage jello tin.

Her shop is filled with these fabulous nests, along with other shabby vintage finds. Here are a few.....

The rules for the giveaway are short and sweet. You have 3 opportunities to win!
1. Become a follower or subscriber of Serendipity Chic Design (If you already are, just let me know)
2.Visit A Marigold Life and heart their shop on Etsy.
3. Tweet, blog about, or advertise this giveaway on Facebook. Just send me the link.

As simple as that....Choose one of the options above, or all three. The more you do, the more chances you have to win. Please leave a separate comment for each opportunity.

The giveaway will run from Tuesday May 31st until Sunday June 5th closing at midnight.  PLEASE NOTE...this giveaway ships to the US only....

PLEASE NOTE....I have had to pass on a couple of winners because I had no way of contacting them. PLEASE leave your email address in your comment if you do not have a blog I can contact you through...

Click HERE to find out more about being an Etsy giveaway host at Serendipity Chic Design

Good luck to everyone!

Meet Me On Monday~theme party #3~POLKA DOTS

OOPS! Sorry I am getting this party started so late...Seeing that it is a holiday, I forgot it was Monday...This weeks theme is polka dots.

First I wanted to share a few signs though from last weeks party....

A Day In The Life Of Trees:

A Southern Belle With Northern Roots:

Sister's of the Wild West:

Here is another sign I did this week.....

Now, onto the real deal for the week....

POLKA DOTS...Anything with polka dots, but it must be DIY...furniture, food, clothing, fabric, etc....Use your imaginations!

Here is the project I did this week:

Just a heads up, the party next week will be PAINTED FURNITURE (This one is for you Cassie)

Now for the rules.....

1.Please link your specific post, not your blog
2.No giveaway or Etsy shop links
3.Grab my button or link my party somewhere on your blog.




Linking to THESE parties

A few thrifty finds.....

Nothing to exciting to share with you today, but I did find a couple of fun things at the thrift stores. One of my favorite items to decorate with are vintage vases or bottles with fresh flowers. I especially love it when I find them for a bargain. This gorgeous vintage vase was only 50 cents.....

For only $1, I purchased this vintage green bowl. It became the perfect centerpiece after adding some water and a floating candle.

Then there were these shabby chic plates that jumped right out at me....

Another fun find was this unique butter dish....

I got a couple of other  things, but haven't gotten around to painting them yet....

I did also find some hens and chicks for one of my planters at a really good price. I put them in a concrete planter and surrounded them with moss....